Qiqi automobile patent inventory: hood sticking, roof wind power generation, front and rear drive.

The century-old history of automobile development is a history of continuous innovation, and the process of innovation cannot be separated from all kinds of whimsy. Automobile patent is the best window to peep at these fantastic ideas. Because no matter how big the brain hole is, whether it can be mass-produced, manufacturers will apply for patents first and then occupy the pit. Today we will take stock of those wonderful automobile patents.

Stick people on the hood.

In 20 16, Google applied for a car patent to protect pedestrians. The principle is that once the car hits a pedestrian, the front of the car will firmly stick the pedestrian to the hood through a layer of adhesive coating, which can effectively prevent the pedestrian from being crushed and other secondary injuries. Because according to Google's research, when pedestrians are hit by vehicles, most of the injuries are not caused by the first impact, but because they will hit the ground again or be crushed by other vehicles. The patent introduction also indicates that its principle is a bit like flypaper and a bit like double-sided tape.

It is reported that Google will cover the adhesive with a layer of eggshell-like material, which can isolate the adhesive coating during daily driving. In the event of an accident, the eggshell layer will break, exposing the adhesive. According to Google's vision, in an ideal situation, adhesive can stick to pedestrians at the moment of collision. However, at present, this patent has not been applied to production vehicles, and this technology is still in the stage of development and improvement.

Left rudder to right rudder

The Anglo-French Cross-Harbour Tunnel 1994 was opened to traffic, but a problem followed: France is the left rudder and Britain is the right rudder. So BMW engineers put forward a bold solution and applied for a patent. They invented the first interchangeable steering wheel in history. The operation is also very simple, divided into four steps: open the glove box, turn out the dashboard, remove the steering wheel and install it on the co-pilot side.

However, although the problem of steering wheel has been solved, how to exchange the throttle and brake is still a problem. I guess BMW hasn't thought about it yet, so let's make a hole in the patent of the steering wheel first. However, although this patent is not used in production cars, it still has a more widely known use, that is, the intelligent anti-theft system of Mr. Bean MINI.

A realistic version of Ford Batman chariot

In the Batman movie, you may remember the scene where a motorcycle pops out of the Bat Chariot. In 20 17, Ford bought a patent named "multimodal transport equipment" from three Germans. The patent mainly puts a pure electric motorcycle between the main driver and the co-pilot, and perfectly combines the automobile and the motorcycle. When necessary, the motorcycle can be separated from the car by opening the hood of the car.

More sci-fi, after the separation, cars and motorcycles will be able to achieve automatic driving. The car is driven by a hub motor and a rear engine. In the combined state, the motorcycle wheel will not touch the ground. But under special circumstances, motorcycle wheels can also touch the ground to provide extra power for the car.

The original intention of this patent is to deal with the congestion problem in big cities. You can drive while driving, and you can ride a motorcycle when there is traffic jam. However, although this patent sounds good, it is still far from reality.

Rooftop wind generator

The wind brought by the car is very strong, and I believe that friends who open windows at high speed have experienced it. So can we take advantage of the wind brought by driving? A man named Robert? For this reason, aerodynamicists in yost designed a set of small wind power generation devices installed on the roof, and installed them on a Ford electric car for testing. Of course, many people question this big and unreasonable idea, but Robert? To prove his invention, yost said that he would plan to drive the car across the United States without charging.

Robert? Yost claims that after installing this device, the endurance of the vehicle can be improved by 3-4 times. The generator set installed on Ford's car generates 2800 WHr, but he didn't say what wind speed it was measured at. This invention won a patent of 20 12. A Patent examiners said: There has never been a product with comparable performance to this generator, and its appearance will bring great changes. Although this patent is still a bit unreliable at present, it is uncertain whether it will become a good way to increase the battery life of electric vehicles in the future.

The long tail of a car

In order to improve the aerodynamic performance of the car, Toyota applied for a wonderful patent on 20 16: retractable rear. The tail will become longer with the acceleration of the car, which is said to greatly improve the aerodynamic efficiency of the car and effectively reduce fuel consumption. When it is unfolded, it is very similar to the auger of the earth-boring car, and it can be retracted into the trunk when parking.

However, whether the extension will affect the rear view and how to ensure the safe distance from the rear vehicles remains to be solved, but in any case, we would like to thank Toyota for letting us see such an interesting patented design.

Which way are you going?

QQme, which can't tell which side is the front and which side is the back, was once ridiculed as a two-headed car, but a two-headed car actually appeared. /kloc-in the 1920s, a garage assembled a double-headed Ford Model T to advertise itself.

1953, a company called MAC? Alamagny's company directly applied for the patent of the double-headed car and manufactured it. But this car is more like two tricycles together.

Of course, some inventions may be too simple to apply for a patent, but the brain hole is still very big. For example, I want to kick my dog out, but I don't want to shovel shit in the car. What should I do? In fact, someone invented a "dog bag" a long time ago, which can be used to hang dogs outside the window. However, with this dog bag, it's just like Go? Death is not far away.

Inspired by the dog bag, some people are crazy and hang the baby outside the car. ...

Before the invention of baby chairs, how did babies ride in cars? 1973, Ford invented a plastic protective device called "Little Guardian", which was filled with soft plastic and then fixed with a seat belt. This is the earliest known child protection device on board. However, the little doorman looks too much like a toilet.

It is these brain-opening patents or inventions that constantly promote the development and progress of automobiles. Today may seem like a joke, but in the future it may become the car of the future. Fan also knows what wonderful automobile patents or inventions, welcome to leave a message to discuss!

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